Auditor´s report
To the general meeting of the shareholders of Duni AB (publ), corporate identity number 556536-7488
Report on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts
Opinions
We have audited the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of Duni AB (publ) for the year 2018 except for the corporate governance statement and the statutory sustainability report on pages 45-49 and 43 respectively. The annual accounts and consolidated accounts of the company are included on pages 41-104 in this document.
In our opinion, the annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of parent company as of 31 December 2018 and its financial performance and cash flow for the year then ended in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act. The consolidated accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the group as of 31 December 2018 and their financial performance and cash flow for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as adopted by the EU, and the Annual Accounts Act. Our opinions do not cover the corporate governance statement and the statutory sustainability report on pages 45-49 and 43 respectively. The statutory administration report is consistent with the other parts of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts.
We therefore recommend that the general meeting of shareholders adopts the income statement and balance sheet for the parent company and the group.
Our opinions in this report on the the annual accounts and consolidated accounts are consistent with the content of the additional report that has been submitted to the parent company’s audit committee in accordance with the Audit Regulation (537/2014) Article 11.
Basis for Opinions
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities section. We are independent of the parent company and the group in accordance with professional ethics for accountants in Sweden and have otherwise fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. This includes that, based on the best of our knowledge and belief, no prohibited services referred to in the Audit Regulation (537/2014) Article 5.1 have been provided to the audited company or, where applicable, its parent company or its controlled companies within the EU.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinions.
Our audit approach
Audit scope
We designed our audit by determining materiality and assessing the risks of material misstatement in the consolidated financial statements. In particular, we considered where management made subjective judgements; for example, in respect of significant accounting estimates that involved making assumptions and considering future events that are inherently uncertain. As in all of our audits, we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including among other matters consideration of whether there was evidence of bias that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
We tailored the scope of our audit in order to perform sufficient work to enable us to provide an opinion on the consolidated financial statements as a whole, taking into account the structure of the Group, the accounting processes and controls, and the industry in which the group operates.
Materiality
The scope of our audit was influenced by our application of materiality. An audit is designed to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. Misstatements may arise due to fraud or error. They are considered material if individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of the consolidated financial statements.
Based on our professional judgement, we determined certain quantitative thresholds for materiality, including the overall group materiality for the consolidated financial statements as a whole. These, together with qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit and the nature, timing and extent of our audit procedures and to evaluate the effect of misstatements, both individually and in aggregate on the financial statements as a whole.
Key audit matters
Key audit matters of the audit are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of, and in forming our opinion thereon, the annual accounts and consolidated accounts as a whole, but we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Key audit matter | How our audit addressed the Key audit matter |
Valuation of intangible assets | |
| Refering to note 2,4 and 21 in the annual report. The value of Goodwill with indefinite economic use amounted, as of 31 December 2018, to MSEK 2 114. In accordance with IFRS, management shall annually perform an impairment test. MSEK 1 199 of the goodwill is related to business area Table Top and MSEK 914 is related to business areas Consumer, Meal Service and New Markets. Some of the assumptions and judgments undertaken by management regarding future cash flows and other circumstances are complex and have an impact on the calculation of the value in use. This applies, in particular, to the following: growth rate, profit margins and discount rate. Changes in these assumptions could lead to a change in the reported value of intangible assets and goodwill. We consider the Goodwill related to business areas Consumer, Meal Service and New Markets to be a Key audit matter as it is recently acquired goodwill. The history regarding assumptions and judgements are shorter compared to business area Table Top. No impairment requirement was identified in conjunction with the testing undertaken by management.
| Our audit activities include a review of the applied calculation model and the challenging of significant assumptions applied by management in their tests. We have assessed the reasonableness of the budget presented by management, and which has been approved by the Board of Directors, by evaluating historical outcome against adopted budgets. We have compared the country specific growth in perpetuity values with independent forecasts regarding economic growth and have noted that the assumptions applied are within a reasonable interval; and We have assessed the discount rate (weighted average cost of capital (“WACC”)) against comparable operations and have noted that the assumptions applied are within a reasonable interval. We have also evaluated the management’s assessment of the manner in which the group’s calculation models are impacted by changes in assumptions, and have compared this with the information presented in the annual accounts related to impairment testing. In our audit, we have noted no significant deviations and our assessment is that the disclosures provided regarding significant assumptions and sensitivity analyses as found in the Annual report are correct. |
Rebates, client bonuses and returns | |
| Refering to note 2 and 34 in the annual report. The group sells goods on terms entitling customers with the right to rebates, volume-based bonuses or the right to return, under certain circumstances, purchased goods. These arrangements result in decreased net sales, at the same time an assumption in the form of a reserve for the bonuses yet to be paid or where the group deems that returns can take place, is reported. The reserves are reported as an accrued cost and amounted to MSEK 213. We have focused on this area as the reserve for these assumptions involves, more or less, complex calculations and judgments on behalf of management.
| We have taken part of management’s calculations regarding the underlying sales in order to assess the amount of the reserve. If applicable we have compared management’s assessments against underlying client contracts, historical sales patterns, rebates and return levels. We have also assessed management’s assumptions comparing the accuracy of historical judgments concerning the reserve with historical outcome in order to obtain an understanding of the precision of this year’s assessment. If applicable, we have verified the year’s reserves against subsequent payments made or returns. We have checked the mathematical calculation model applied through control calculations. Based on the audit activities undertaken, we have identified no significant deviations. |
Other Information than the annual accounts and consolidated accounts
This document also contains other information than the annual accounts and consolidated accounts and is found on pages 1-40 and 108-110. The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for this other information.
Our opinion on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts does not cover this other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion regarding this other information.
In connection with our audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, our responsibility is to read the information identified above and consider whether the information is materially inconsistent with the annual accounts and consolidated accounts. In this procedure we also take into account our knowledge otherwise obtained in the audit and assess whether the information otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If we, based on the work performed concerning this information, conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director
The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for the preparation of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts and that they give a fair presentation in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act and, concerning the consolidated accounts, in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU. The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are also responsible for such internal control as they determine is necessary to enable the preparation of annual accounts and consolidated accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for the assessment of the company’s and the group’s ability to continue as a going concern. They disclose, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting. The going concern basis of accounting is however not applied if the Board of Directors and the Managing Director intends to liquidate the company, to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Audit Committee shall, without prejudice to the Board of Director’s responsibilities and tasks in general, among other things oversee the company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the annual accounts and consolidated accounts as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinions. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs and generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these annual accounts and consolidated accounts.
A further description of our responsibility for the audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts is available on Revisorsinspektionen’s website www.revisorsinspektionen.se/revisornsansvar. This description is part of the
auditor´s report.
Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
Opinions
In addition to our audit of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts, we have also audited the administration of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director of Duni AB (publ) for the year 2018 and the proposed appropriations of the company’s profit or loss.
We recommend to the general meeting of shareholders that the profit be appropriated in accordance with the proposal in the statutory administration report and that the members of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director be discharged from liability for the financial year.
Basis for Opinions
We conducted the audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities section. We are independent of the parent company and the group in accordance with professional ethics for accountants in Sweden and have otherwise fulfilled our ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinions.
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director
The Board of Directors is responsible for the proposal for appropriations of the company’s profit or loss. At the proposal of a dividend, this includes an assessment of whether the dividend is justifiable considering the requirements which the company’s and the group’s type of operations, size and risks place on the size of the parent company’s and the group’s equity, consolidation requirements, liquidity and position in general.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the company’s organization and the administration of the company’s affairs. This includes among other things continuous assessment of the company’s and the group’s financial situation and ensuring that the company’s organization is designed so that the accounting, management of assets and the company’s financial affairs otherwise are controlled in a reassuring manner. The Managing Director shall manage the ongoing administration according to the Board of Directors’ guidelines and instructions and among other matters take measures that are necessary to fulfill the company’s accounting in accordance with law and handle the management of assets in a reassuring manner.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our objective concerning the audit of the administration, and thereby our opinion about discharge from liability, is to obtain audit evidence to assess with a reasonable degree of assurance whether any member of the Board of Directors or the Managing Director in any material respect:
- has undertaken any action or been guilty of any omission which can give rise to liability to the company, or
- in any other way has acted in contravention of the Companies Act, the Annual Accounts Act or the Articles of Association.
Our objective concerning the audit of the proposed appropriations of the company’s profit or loss, and thereby our opinion about this, is to assess with reasonable degree of assurance whether the proposal is in accordance with the Companies Act.
Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden will always detect actions or omissions that can give rise to liability to the company, or that the proposed appropriations of the company’s profit or loss are not in accordance with the Companies Act.
A further description of our responsibility for the audit of the administration is available on Revisorsinspektionen’s website: www.revisorsinspektionen.se/revisornsansvar. This description is part of the auditor´s report.
The auditor’s examination of the corporate governance statement
The Board of Directors is responsible for that the corporate governance statement on pages 45-49 has been prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act.
Our examination of the corporate governance statement is conducted in accordance with FAR’s auditing standard RevU 16 The auditor’s examination of the corporate governance statement. This means that our examination of the corporate governance statement is different and substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. We believe that the examination has provided us with sufficient basis for our opinions.
A corporate governance statement has been prepared. Disclosures in accordance with chapter 6 section 6 the second paragraph points 2-6 of the Annual Accounts Act and chapter 7 section 31 the second paragraph the same law are consistent with the other parts of the annual accounts and consolidated accounts and are in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act.
The auditor’s opinion regarding the statutory sustainability report
The Board of Directors is responsible for the statutory sustainability report on page 43, and that it is prepared in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act.
Our examination has been conducted in accordance with FAR:s auditing standard RevR 12 The auditor´s opinion regarding the statutory sustainability report. This means that our examination of the statutory sustainability report is different and substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing and generally accepted auditing standards in Sweden. We believe that the examination has provided us with sufficient basis for our opinion.
A statutory sustainability report has been prepared.
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, box 4009, 203 11 Malmö, was appointed auditor of Duni AB by the general meeting of the shareholders on the 8 May 2018 and has been the company’s auditor since the introduction on Nasdaq Stockholm, 1 November 2007.
Malmö 1 April 2019
PricewaterhouseCoopers AB
Carl Fogelberg
Authorized Public Accountant